Museum to Hold Tool Sale The Sedona Heritage Museum will host a tool sale on Saturday, October 15 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The Museum is currently taking donations of hand tools, power tools, and certain workshop supplies. If you have items you no longer need and would like to donate, here’s your chance. If you are looking for a certain tool, October 15 might be your lucky day.
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Public comments sought for proposed thinning and burning near Wing Mountain and Kachina Peaks Flagstaff, AZ (September 23, 2011) – The Flagstaff Ranger District is accepting public input about proposed fuels reduction and forest health treatments near Wing Mountain, Fort Valley, and the Kachina Peaks Wilderness. Interested parties are encouraged to provide their thoughts to the District by October 18, 2011 to be most helpful in the planning process. The entire project area is at high risk of very severe wildfire behavior. Proposed treatments to reduce fuel loading and return fire to the landscape at regular intervals are vital to protecting…
Float Among Golden Aspens on the Scenic Skyride Flagstaff, AZ (September 23, 2011) – Gold seeking leaf peepers are likely to be richly rewarded as meteorologists are predicting a pleasant and colorful celebration of fall in northern Arizona. Forest rangers will be waiting at the top of Arizona Snowbowl’s Scenic Skyride to explain why shimmering quaking aspen groves brighten mountainsides in a vibrant splash of golds, oranges and reds against an evergreen backdrop.
Earth’s Kindred Spirit by Ardis Harsche at Gallery 527 in Jerome Sedona, AZ (September 23, 2011) – Gallery 527 features encaustic artist Ardis Harsche with the continuation of her new show, Earth’s Kindred Spirit. Ardis explores the relationship of man and environment with her wax compositions evoking the feelings of oneness with the earth. The earth’s natural resources supply the pigments, wax and minerals for her art work while nature’s beauty supplies the creative inspiration. Vivid blues and warm earth tones create a wonderful palette of color for the artist’s latest work. The show continues through October 31.
Sedona Mayor Shares the Real Story Sedona, AZ (September 21, 2011) – In a surprising revelation to the redistricting process, Mayor Rob Adams gives an inside viewpoint of what happens behind closed doors in Old West Politics. Definition of Gerrymandering (Wikipedia): In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan, incumbent-protected districts. The resulting district is known as a gerrymander; however, that word can also refer to the process.
“Mysteries of the Mogollon” at the Sedona Heritage Museum Sedona AZ (September 21, 2011) – The Sedona Heritage Museum presents Michael Peach in a performance of “Mysteries of the Mogollon” at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 1.
Paint Out on Main Street Sedona AZ (September 21, 2011) – Come watch nationally-recognized Plein Air Artists as they create a painting of their surroundings in the open air along the sidewalks and plazas of Main Street (State Route 89A) in Uptown Sedona. Free event sponsored by Sedona Main Street Program as the kick-off for Sedona Art Center’s week long Plein Air Festival. 10/22, 1:30 – 4 pm, Sedona, AZ, (928) 204-2390, www.sedonamainstreet.com
The Sedona Book Festival Is Here! Sedona, AZ (September 21, 2011) – The third annual Sedona Book festival will be held on Saturday, October 1, from 9 am to 5 pm, on the beautiful Sedona Center for Arts & Technology, Yavapai College, located at 4215 Arts Village Drive in Sedona. Admission is free. “This will definitely be our biggest and best festival,” says Joe Neri, festival founder and co-owner of The Well Red Coyote bookstore. “We’ve evaluated all of the feedback we received for the first two events and made some changes that will really enhance it.”
Sedona Heritage Museum to Host Dutch Oven Dinner Sedona, AZ (September 21, 2011 – The Sedona Heritage Museum will host an old-fashioned dutch oven dinner on Saturday, October 22 at 4:00 p.m. at the Museum. Professional award-winning dutch oven cook, Grant Smith, grandson of Oak Creek Canyon pioneers Lincoln and Addie Smith and son of Ira and Elsie Smith, will be serving sirloin tip roast with all the fixin’s, like biscuits, potatoes and gravy, vegetables, a special dessert and cowboy coffee. The entire meal will be cooked over open fires in old-time cast iron dutch ovens. Grant learned this style…
Sedona Fire District to Issue Fall Burn Permits Sedona, AZ – (September 19, 2011) – To protect your home from potential wildfires as well as make fall yard cleanup easier, the Sedona Fire District (SFD) is issuing no-cost residential burn permits starting Monday, September 26, 2011. Permits are required for any open burning within the fire district, and are currently available at no charge at the SFD’s business office at 2860 Southwest Drive in West Sedona between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Beginning September 12, 2011 SFD has implemented the new business hours of 7:00 a.m. –…
Sedona, AZ (September 20, 2011) – The Sedona Historical Society will host its annual pioneer and community picnic at Indian Gardens’ Park, also known as Bacon Rind Park in Oak Creek Canyon, on Sunday, October 2nd at noon. This event is open to the public. Anyone attending should arrive by 11:30. The potluck picnic lunch start at noon. This is a wonderful event to be enjoyed by anyone interested in meeting Sedona pioneer descendants and long-time residents. Attendees are asked to bring a food dish to share along with their own plates and utensils. A meat entree and beverages will…
Rio Robson Appointed to Citizens Steering Committee Sedona, AZ (September 18, 2011) – The newest member of the Citizens Steering Committee for the Community Plan was born and raised in Sedona and is a corporate officer and oversees the day-to-day wholesale operations of Son Silver West Gallery established in 1981. Rio Robson was appointed by City Council to fill a vacancy left when Michael Steinhart resigned. Rio is fluent in Spanish and business computer programs. The role of the Citizens Steering Committee is to work collaboratively with the community, Planning and Zoning Commission, City Council, staff and others to oversee…
Arizona Centennial Book Launch Brings Author to Family Home Prescott, AZ (September 14, 2011) Arizona’s 100 years of Statehood Celebration begins September 16, 2011 in Prescott, Arizona. Lisa Schnebly Heidinger, great-granddaughter of pioneers T.C. and Sedona Schnebly, will unveil our state’s new centennial book where her family homesteaded in 1901: what is now Los Abrigados. Author of five other books about Arizona, Lisa presents the best and brightest people, places and events from 1912 to 2012, with full color photographs and timelines of events both historical and odd. Whether you’re an avid student of Arizona history or a newcomer to…
“This Was No More a Church than Cuba is Fantasy Island”…Phoenix District Attorney Bill Montgomery Sedona, AZ (September 11, 2011) – The Phoenix Police Department has been conducting a lengthy investigation into the activities at the Phoenix Goddess Temple in Phoenix. During their investigation it was discovered that some of the individuals suspected of criminal activity in the Phoenix Temple were also traveling to and from locations in Sedona.